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97 Cards in this Set
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DEPRAVITY
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CORRUPTION
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DEFAMTION
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DAMAGING THE REPUTATION OF
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EXACERBATE
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AGGRAVATE; TO MAKE WORSE
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ENIGMATIC
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PUZZLING
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EXOTIC
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OUT OF ORDINARY
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BANAL
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DREARILY COMMONPLACE; PREDICTABLE
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RETICENCE
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RESERVE; SILENCE
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MITIGATE
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EASE; TONE DOWN
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PRODIGAL
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WASTEFUL
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RECANT
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WITHDRAW, REVOKE
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PRETENTIOUS
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EXAGERATED; SHOWY
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VILIFY
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RUN DOWN, SPEAK LITTLE OF
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SYMMETRY
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BALANCE, PROPORTION
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CREDULOUS
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GULLIBLE
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LOATHE
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DISLIKE
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INCORRIGIBLE
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HOPELESS
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TREPIDATION
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NERVOUSNESS
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CAPRICIOUS
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IMPULSIVE AND UNPREDICTABLE;
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ALTRUISTIC
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UNSELFISH
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AMBIVALENT
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UNDECIDED
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ANGULAR
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BONY,POINTED
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ARROGANT
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CONCEITED
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AVERSION
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DISLIKE
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DISCERN
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UNDERSTAND
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DISPARAGE
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MOCK, LAUGH AT
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DISPARITY
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DIFFERENCE
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EMBELLISH
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TO DECORATE
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TACITURN
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QUIET;SAYING LITTLE
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ANTHESIS
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DIRECT OPPOSITE
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ASCEND
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TO COME UP
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AUSTERE
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SERIOUS
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INNATE
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INBORN, NATIVE
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LETHARGIC
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TIRED, LAZY
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OPAQUE
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DIFFICULT
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MELANCHOLY
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SAD, DEPRESSED
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LAMENT
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MOURN
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IMMUTABLE
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UNCHALLENGABLE
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REPUDIATE
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REJECT, DENY
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REPROVE
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TO ACCUSE; CRITICIZE
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VENERATE
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TO RESPECT
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REVERE
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TO HONOR
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OBSCURE
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NOT CLEAR; VAGUE
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ENGENDER
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CAUSE, PROVOKE
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INNOCUOUS
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HARMLESS
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OSTENTATIOUS
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SHOWY
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INSIPID
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DULL, COLORLESS
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DEPRECATE
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TO DISSAPROVE OF
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EXTOL
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TO PRAISE HIGHLY
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HYPOCRITE
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A PERSON WHO GIVES FALSENESS
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SERENE
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CALM
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FASTIDIOUS
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DIFFICULT TO PLEASE
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ABTRUSE
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DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
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ESOTERIC
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PERTAINING TO A SMALL GROUP
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DISDAIN
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TO HATE, SCORN
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GREGARIOUS
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SOCIABLE, MOVING IN A GROUP
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SUBTLE
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DELICATE, NOT OBVIOUS
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DAWDLE
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TO TAKE MORE TIME THAN NECESSARY
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LAUD
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TO PRAISE
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AFFABLE
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FRIENDLY
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AUDACITY
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COURAGE
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DIDATIC
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EDUCATIONAL
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DORMANT
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SLEEPING, INACTIVE
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FUSE
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COMBINE
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NULLIFY
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CANCEL OUT
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BENIGN
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GENTLE DISPOSITION; HARMLESS
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SERVILE
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SLAVISH; FORCED LABOR
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FURTIVE
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CHARACTERIZED BY STEALTH; SHIFTY
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AUTONOMOUS
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INDEPENDENT
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PACIFISTIC
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OPPOSED TO WAR
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PROLOUGE
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INTRODUCTION
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TRANQUIL
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RELAXING, SOOTHFUL
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CONTRITE
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REMORSEFUL
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PROLIFIC
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ABUNDANT, PLENTIFUL
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aesthetic
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artistic
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aloof
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unfriendly, distant
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archaic
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ancient
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assuage
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tone down
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belie
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disprove
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contentious
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arguable
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daunt
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to intimidate
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debiliate
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weaken
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discord
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disagreement
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dissemination
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distribution
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dogmatic
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strict, inflexible
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duplicity
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dishonesty
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egocentric
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selfish
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euphemism
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replacement of a hard word (nice talk)
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gluttonous
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greedy
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ominous
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threatning
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petulance
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bad temper
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pompous
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snobbish
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precocious
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intelligent
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slothful
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lazy
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trivia
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details
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verbose
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talkative
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virulent
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strong
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volatile
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unpredictable, explosive
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